Ballard Reconfigures DaimlerChrysler Fuel Cell Alliance; Sells European Unit VANCOUVER - If you go by the Gnomes of Wall Street’s instant judgments, Ballard Power Systems’ restructuring of its joint fuel cell operations with DaimlerChrysler and Ford last month was a bad sign, foreshadowing more gloom and doom - maybe a glidepath to oblivion.
India Unveils First Fuel Cell Passenger Car BANGALORE, INDIA - India’s first prototype fuel cell-powered passenger car, a cute little city vehicle, made its debut in India’s capital New Delhi at the end of June.
Norway’s Utsira Island Launches Energy Independence via Wind, H2 Power UTSIRA, NORWAY – Utsira, a tiny speck of an island off the southwestern coast of Norway, became one the first communities world wide last month to become energy independent via renewable energy from wind-generated hydrogen.
Ford Introduces European Hydrogen I.C. Engine Demonstrator STUTTGART – Following in the footsteps of its earlier Dearborn-bred cousin, the “Hydrogen ICE Hybrid Research Vehicle,” Ford Motor Co. rolled out a European hydrogen-fueled internal combustion engine demonstrator here last month.
Tenneco Automotive is Part of Europe’s HyTRAN Fuel Cell Consortium LAKE FOREST, IL/BRUSSELS - Tenneco Automotive, a $3.8 billion maker of emission and ride control equipment for cars and trucks, is the only U.S.-based company taking part in a startup multi-year European project that aims at developing a production-ready fuel cell power plant.
BP Opens First H2 Station in S.E. Asia for F-Cell Cars with Air Products Equipment SINGAPORE - Southeast Asia’s first hydrogen station opened here last month, initially to provide fuel for DaimlerChrysler F-Cell fuel cell vehicles but also as a way station and first step for the owner, BP, towards expansion into future Asian markets such as China.
Briefly Noted: Honda Honda’s second-generation fuel cell vehicle, the 2005 Honda FCX, has been certified by both the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resoruces Board (CARB) for commercial use.
Briefly Noted: Hydrogenics Hydrogenics, Corp. Toronto, has won a contract from Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Waltham, MA for an integrated fuel cell power system as possible replacement for military batteries or diesel generators.
Briefly Noted: NREL The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO broke ground late last month for a new research building on the lab’s main campus.
Briefly Noted: Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Corp. the large Japanese trading company, has set up H3 Energy Lt. as a spinoff venture in Vancouver, BC to develop, manufacture and market high-pressure electolyzers, the company announced.
Briefly Noted: U-Cal Berkeley Study A new report by the University of California, Berkeley’s Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) says California is on the verge of becoming a global leader in clean energy with a sustainable hydrogen economy but only if there is strategic investment in renewable energy research and development.
Briefly Noted: Rutgers Report And in New Jersey, Rutgers University’s Center for Energy, Economic and Environmental Policy (CEEEP), New Brunswick, has issued its first report in which it recommends the state undertake five basic steps to determine whether it’s in New Jersey’s interest to promote hydrogen energy.
Events The “7th Annual Energy Efficiency Workshop and Exposition” co-sponsored by several government agencies, will be held Aug. 8-11 at the Riverside Convention Center, Rochester, NY.
CLARIFICATIONS & CORRECTIONS To clarify, the second paragraph in the July 4 issue lead story, “GHW Presents Advanced Pressurized Alkaline Electrolyzer at HYFORUM,” should say that the ”electrolyzers operating successfully in Hamburg and Reykjavik were made by Hydro, GHW’s partner and parent, not by GHW.” The third paragraph sentence about complexity, cost and susceptibility to failure should have referred to GHW’s 1999 450 kW, 30 bar electrolyzer at Munich airport. (Original source information did not distinguish between GHW…
